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A guide to the Maggie Baylis photograph of Queen Elizabeth (passenger liner), 1942 Mar 13
P79-128 (SAFR 14918)
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Title: Maggie Baylis photograph of Queen Elizabeth (passenger liner)
Date: 1942 Mar 13
Identifier/Call Number: P79-128 (SAFR 14918)
Photographer:
Baylis, Maggie
Physical Description:
3 items.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: The Maggie Baylis photograph of Queen Elizabeth (passenger liner) (P79-128, SAFR 14918) consists of the camera original black-and-white
2-1/2 x 2-1/2 in. safety negative, a black-and-white 5-3/4 x 4-1/2 in. copy negative, and a black-and-white 4 x 4 in. copy
print (on a 8 x 10 in. sheet) of the passenger liner
Queen Elizabeth at dock in San Francisco during World War II photographed by Maggie Baylis on March 13, 1942.
Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Language(s):
In English.
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[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item
Number], P79-128 (SAFR 14918), Maggie Baylis photograph of Queen Elizabeth (passenger liner), San Francisco Maritime National
Historical Park
SAFR-00001
The negative was owned by Neil Malloch and donated by him to the National Maritime Museum at San Francisco's Photograph Department
in 1979. The photograph was accessioned by Golden Gate National Recreation Area as blanket accession of the historic photographs
from the Photograph Department (GOGA-789) in 1985 and subsequently transferred to San Francisco Maritime National Historical
Park as part of a blanket accession (SAFR-1) in 1988.
Historical or Biographical Note
Maggie Baylis was a noted San Francisco landscape architect from the 1940s to 1971. After her husband's death, she began writing
and illustrating several books on gardening and landscaping, including
House Plants for the Purple Thumb (1973) and appeared on radio and television. She died on December 10, 1997.
The Maggie Baylis photograph of Queen Elizabeth (passenger liner) (P79-128, SAFR 14918) consists of the camera original black-and-white
2-1/2 x 2-1/2 in. safety negative, a black-and-white 5-3/4 x 4-1/2 in. copy negative, and a black-and-white 4 x 4 in. copy
print (on a 8 x 10 in. sheet) of the passenger liner
Queen Elizabeth at dock in San Francisco during World War II photographed by Maggie Baylis on March 13, 1942.
The shot was taken out of a window in war time by Maggie Baylis from Alta Street (originally this was documented as taken
from Gerke Alley) on Telegraph Hill. At the time, Ms. Baylis was experimenting with photography and trying for a certain affect
when she took the photograph.
No arrangement as the collection consists of a single image.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945
Queen Elizabeth (passenger vessel)
San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--Harbor
Black-and-white negatives